RESIDENTS SPEAK

The Sunday Guardian spoke to several residents along Jessore Road on the matter. Guma and Bira are two small towns located along Jessore Road at a distance of 40 km from Kolkata. These act as major transit points for the cattle. Residents here spoke about how cows were cramped into trucks to be transported to Bangladesh. They also alleged that the entire administration and local politicians were involved in the illegal trade. Shyamal Das (name changed) said, “Just two years ago, the entire Jessore Road stretch from Barasat to Bongaon was filled with trucks carrying cows meant to be smuggled to Bangladesh. However, since mid-2015, there has been a